SSI Web version 7

The new version of SSI Web, SSI Web version 7 has been released! Its benefits will affect all components within the platform (CiW, CBC, ACBC, ACA, MaxDiff, CVA).

Launch an SSI Web survey to see styles and functionality for SSI Web v7:

http://ciwweb.com/~demos/v7/ssiweb_v7_improvementslogin.html

Summary of benefits

1. No more limitation of 4 character studynames. Up to 24 characters now supported.

2. Multiple CBC studies, ACA studies, and CVA studies may be included within the same project. This means less linking of surveys!

3. Back button (not just the back button on the browser toolbar, but a back button within the survey). You can even back up to all parts of the survey after a restart.

4. Graphical select and radio buttons (which also means you can dramatically change the size of buttons). Also, an option to highlight the text of response items on mouseover.

5. Randomized Blocks of questions (e.g. the 3 blocks of questions: Q1-Q3; Q4-Q10; Q11-Q25 can be randomized, and Q1-Q3 always stay together as a block, Q4-Q10 always stay together, etc.)

6. The standard formatting controls in the edit question dialogs will operate nicely in conjunction with styles. Right now, styles typically override most of the formatting controls. SSI Web surveys will start by default with a more attractive style, so your surveys will look much better even before you apply your favorite style.

7. Many new styles available in the library.

8. Dramatically improved data export speed.

9. Ability to export all the text for your survey to an XML XLIFF file format (commonly used by translation houses). Once your survey is translated, you can import the XLIFF file back into your survey in one step.

10. Automatic survey upload and data download. The FTP process will be built into SSI Web, so this feature will make working with the server faster and less complicated.  SFTP (a more secure file transfer protocol) is also supported.

11. Ability to edit data (change responses) through the online administrative module, including changing the status of a respondent from an incomplete to a completed record.

12. Ability to set filters for the marginals report. This lets you, for example, tally the responses for a question among respondents belonging to large businesses.

13. Incompletes (drop out) report. Reports what percent of respondents dropped out at each question.

14. Internal respondent numbers are now all numeric, not alpha characters. Numbers are much easier to interpret and work with!

15.  Ability to save response time (latency) per page. This is not on by default, but you can easily turn it on via SSI Web's interface.

16.  We've redone the way that "error messages" work (messages that tell respondents that they've missed a question on the page, or used an invalid response).  In v7, we highlight the question with the problem using a (typically red) box, and place a (typically red) message within the box describing the nature of the error.  (You can change the warning color from red.)

17.  New functions: PageTime (Startpage, Endpage): returns amount of time between Startpage and Endpage

MaxDiff specific improvements

  • New function for computing MaxDiff scores on-the-fly using individual-level logit. You can return scores for each item, or a ranking of the items.  This makes it possible, for example, to force just the top (most important) n items onto a new constructed list.
  • Paper-and-Pencil data collection and accumulation capability incorporated within SSI Web. No more need to use the separate MaxDiff Designer software.

Release date:

January 28, 2010.

Upgrade fees:

The upgrade fees (as a % of first-time purchase price) are:

CiW  40%
CBC  25%
ACA  40%
CVA  40%
ACBC  0%
MaxDiff  25%

Contact Kirsten Pijpers for a quote and to purchase your SSI Web v7 upgrade.